Volume 16 Chapter 29 Meeting in the Wasteland
In the first month of the fifteenth year of Chongzheng, the Ming Empire was celebrating the New Year's Festival with the whole country, but a war was being planned on the desert of the Western Regions, a war against the Ming Empire.
In the vast Wusi wasteland, more than 100,000 cavalry are like a black torrent, slowly spreading northward, Gushi Khan spurs the horses, galloping at the forefront of this torrent.
This was already the territory of the Kazakh Khanate, and if it had been in the past, he would have led more troops to come, because the Vaspurs and the Kazakh Khanate had been fighting on and off for decades, and they were not friendly neighbors.
However, this time is different, under the planning of Tsarist Russia, the Kazakh Khanate has agreed to send troops to attack the Ming Empire with the Watts, but they will only send 100,000 cavalry, to put it bluntly, they are red-eyed, and they want to go to the Ming Empire to plunder.
Gushi Khan has no objection to this, the Kazakh Khanate is not a small country, its territory is almost as large as the territory controlled by the four parts of the Tile Spurs, and the two sides have fought more than once in order to fight for control of the Western Regions.
It would be different if they agreed to send 100,000 cavalry, because the strength of the Vaspur and the Kazakh Khanate was about the same, and both sides could gather three or four hundred thousand troops, but the elite cavalry was only about 100,000, and both sides were the same.
Therefore, as soon as these 100,000 elite horsemen came out, Gushi Khan was not so worried about the Kazakh Khanate copying his lair, because the foot soldiers on both sides were about the same, and they could be stronger than ordinary herdsmen, and they generally would not fight alone from the cavalry.
These remnants of Meng Yuan's forces are like this, if they find that the other party is weak and can be bullied, it is very likely that they will send troops to clean up the other party directly, if the strength of the two sides is equal, it is also possible to fight for territory, and it is also possible to join forces to clean up others.
Like the Kazakh Khanate, there was a bit of a conflict with Tsarist Russia at the beginning, but in the process of exterminating the Siberian Khanate, Tsarist Russia seemed to let them gain a lot of territory, and then they began to fight with Tsarist Russia again.
The original course of history was that Tsarist Russia used them to exterminate the Tile Thorn Division, and then slowly pocketed them, but with the strong rise of the Ming Empire, the course of history completely changed.
At this time, Tsarist Russia has not had time to plot against the Kazakh Khanate and the Tile Spur Department, because the Ming Empire is too powerful, and nothing else is left for the time being, the Ming Empire must be put down first!
Of course, Gushi Khan didn't know what Tsarist Russia had in mind, and the reason why he gathered a large army and ran to the Uss Wasteland in this winter was mainly to receive the 50,000 rifles promised by Tsarist Russia, and at the same time he wanted to see if Koperov was bragging.
If Koperov can really lead an army of 200,000 to escort muskets, he will send troops to attack the Ming Empire before the ice and snow in Siberia melts, as he said.
If Koperov can only bring a little men and horses to escort muskets, then I'm sorry, you guys fight the Ming Empire first, you can withstand the attack of the Ming Empire, and I will send troops!
Gu Shi Khan galloped his horse and looked ahead, he hoped that Koperov was not bragging, after all, the beam of the tile spur and the Da Ming knot was too big, and he still wanted to take this opportunity to overturn the Da Ming.
Just as he was expecting the appearance of the Tsarist army, a scout rode and rode in front of him and galloped forward, looking at his gesture, it seemed that something was going on in front of him.
Gu Shihan slowly raised his right hand and shouted: "Slow down, stop advancing." “
The guards behind him raised their hands and conveyed to the back, and soon, the speed of more than 100,000 cavalry slowly slowed down, and when they were about a hundred paces away from the reconnaissance cavalry, the large army finally stopped.
The detective looked at the location of Gushi Khan, urged the horse forward, then turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and arched his hand: "Qi Great Khan, a large number of cavalry of the Kazakh Khanate was found more than ten miles ahead. “
Gu Shihan asked lightly, "How much?" “
The detective recked, "It's about the same as us." “
Hearing this, Gushi Khan waved his hand and asked him to retreat, and then said loudly: "All departments are lined up in a phalanx. “
The guards behind him scattered, and soon, the cavalry behind slowly gathered and lined up in a phalanx, and in less than a quarter of an hour, dozens of neat phalanxes appeared behind him, more than a mile wide laterally.
At this time, two generals came on horseback, one was his nephew Ozir Tutaiji, and the other was Batur Huntaiji, the leader of the Gygar tribe.
As soon as the two horsemen came behind him, Batur Huntaiji arched his hand and asked, "Great Khan, what happened?" “
Gu Shihan said lightly: "It's nothing, it's the Kazakh cavalry in front, let's go to the meeting together." “
With that, he raised his hand and ordered aloud: "The whole army is advancing slowly. “
There was another pass, and soon everyone began to hold the horse's belly, flick the reins, and urge the horse to move slowly forward.
In less than a quarter of an hour, a black line slowly appeared on the ground level in front of him, also more than a mile wide, the same cavalry, and the same neat phalanx.
As soon as Gushi Khan raised his hand, he ordered the large army to stop, and then rushed towards the middle of the two armies with Ozirtu and Batur Zema.
The other party also had three horses to come, and when there were still a hundred paces away, the two sides slowed down one after another, and when they reached the opposite side of the two compartments, Gushi Khan laughed heroically and said: "Hahahaha, Jangar Khan has not seen you for a long time." “
Jangar Khan on the opposite side spoke in a blunt Mengyuan official dialect, and greeted him with a smile: "Gushi Khan, long time no see." “
It's no wonder that he is not enthusiastic at all, because on the whole, the Tile Shoe Department is still a little stronger than the Kazakh Khanate, so they often suffer small losses, and it is strange that they can be happy to see the lord who takes advantage of him.
Gushi Khan still laughed and said: "How can Jangar Khan have the time to lead the troops out today, Ben Khan is to receive a batch of weapons from Tsarist Russia, so he has to lead the troops to run so far in the cold weather, why are you here, are you afraid that Ben Khan will take the opportunity to rob you of your territory?" “
Jangar Khan pursed his lips and sneered: "Ben Khan also has something to negotiate with Rozov, otherwise why did he run out on such a cold day, but it seems that the Tsarist army will not arrive until tomorrow, why don't you go and sit in my sweat tent?" “
Just kidding, the two sides are not very friendly, it's already a bit dangerous to run on other people's territory, and you still run to other people's sweat tents, so don't you seek death!
Gu Shi Khan shook his head without hesitation and said: "Forget it, Ben Khan is tired after running for so long, so I won't bother today, let's talk about it tomorrow." “
With that, he raised his hand and clenched his fist for a moment, and then beat his horse and ran towards his own formation.
Soon, the armies of both sides turned around and retreated, the Kazakh cavalry returned to the large camp more than ten miles away, and the cavalry of the Tile Spur Division retreated more than ten miles back and camped.